Apple on Wednesday released a number of software updates, including a pre-release version Xcode, new versions of Logic Pro and Logic Express, and digital camera compatibility additions for the company's photo editing apps.

Xcode 4.5.2

According to people familiar with the pre-release version of Apple's updated development environment, version 4.5.2 brings fixes to reported LLDB crashes as well as improved stability of Interface Builder's "Autolayout" and "Storyboards."

Also said to patched is a memory leak and debugging problems experienced when Xcode's iOS simulator is manually shut down. Finally, a bug that caused the program to stall when submitting an app to the iOS App Store has reportedly been fixed.

As of this writing, Apple has yet to send out emails regarding the pre-release update, however developers can access the new version of Xcode through the company's developer website.

Logic

Both Logic Pro and Logic express were updated to version 9.1.8, bringing stability refinements and bug fixes to Apple's music creation tool.